During the end of World War II, Mr. McKeon worked as an Army medic in California. He was a long time member of the Cespino-Russo Post of the American Legion in South Beach.

Post-war, Mr. McKeon was employed by the New York Central Railroad and then the New York City Transit Authority. He retired as a crew dispatcher and was a proud charter member of the New York City Transit Emerald Society.

He was a lifelong New York Yankees fan and loved Scrabble, history and reading.

His wife, the former Ann E. Wilkinson, died in 1981 after 33 years of marriage.

Mr. McKeon was preceded in death by his daughter, Maureen P. Burke, and his grandson, Luke McKeon.